Charts: Education Majors Make Top 20 Money-Losing Schools List

Yikes! Getting an education degree from a place like Virginia Commonwealth or Bowling Green State University isn't a good idea, earnings-wise, according to this chart from The Atlantic based on self-reported earnings published yesterday by an outfit called PayScale. Even big-name schools like Indiana and Ohio State are on the list. Read the story for cautions and caveats in interpreting the data (including colleges' impacts on student outcomes). There are also charts about colleges and degrees with the highest impact on earnings (none of them are education degrees, obv.).

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